Thirty Employed Single Individuals Were Randomly Selected to Examine the Relationship

question 19

Short Answer

Thirty employed single individuals were randomly selected to examine the relationship between their age (Age) and their credit card debt (Debt) expressed as a percentage of their annual income. Three polynomial models were applied and the following table summarizes Excel's regression results. If you impose the restrictions β₂ = β₃ = 0 on the model Debt = β₀ + β₁Age + β₂Age^{2 + β}₃Age³ + ε, what will be the sum of the squared errors (SSE_R) computed for the restricted model?

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Definitions:

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